Garment-supporter.



Patented Jan. 7'

H. J. STUART.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION r1LD1uNE16.1914.

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HENRY J'. STUART, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT N. BASSETT COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF SHELTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATIONOF CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

To all u2/1,0m t may concern Be it known that I, HENRY J. STUART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Derby, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented. a cer.- tain new and useful Improvement in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garment supporters but particularly tothe loop-and-buttonclasp type, and its object is to provide a button having its base'made of resilient and lcompressiblematerial and slotted to enable the same to be strung by the tab which carries the button. Another object is to provide a button of this character in which all of its parts are integral, thereby eliminatingth'e process of assembling, and afurther object is to provide a button basehaving a gripping surface which can be pressed against the garment by the button loop to facilitate the holding qualities of the button.

I attain these and other objects of my invention by the device set forth in the followingdescription and accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to corresponding parts.

Inl the drawings:

Figure l is a front View of the lower extremity of a hose supporter;

Fig. 2, a central longitudinal Vsection thereof;

Fig. 3, a front view of the button, and

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, detail views ofmodications:

The loops and button clasp, which is shown loosely mounted on the looped extremity of the supporting st-rap A, consists of an attaching link B, a button tape or loop C ancla button tab Dwhich carries abutton E at its lower extremity. The button loop C, which is connected to the lower side of the link B by a sheet metal binding strap F, is provided with a bridge G and has the sides of its lower extremity contracted to engage the shank of the button E. With the exception of the button E the device thus far described is one of the common forms of loop and button clasps well known in the art. The button E consists of a head 2, a shank 3 and a base 4, which latter is provided With a slot 5 and a narrower slot or slit 6. All of the parts of the button are Specification of Letters Patent.

made integral by molding or otherwiseshaping thesame; out of a yielding or compressible material, preferably rubber or aicomposition having properties'like rubber. The button E is attached tothe tab. Dv by bending or flexingthe-base` 4 transversely and forwardly to open the front edges ofthel slit 'into which is inserted the end 7 of the tab. Thebase 4 isthen flexed in the oppositedirection to open the backedges of the slit so that the end 7 of the tablcan bepulled through the slit. The flexed base 4 is then permitted to return to its normaly 4lower extremity of the; base4 in back `of the same, then passed forwardly through the slot 5, then1along the back of the-button loop C and hasits upper extremity passed forwardly over the bridge G and around the binding strap and stitched to Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

Application led J une 16, 1914. Serial No. 845,475.

itself at s, s thereby forming a terminal loop in a manner well known in thel art. In thismanner the buttonis fastened to the tab and the tab extremity 7 is. securely gripped between the walls of the slit 6. The button `being made ofyielding material performs all thesfunctionsr of theso-called, rubber buttons which are well known in the art, the advantages of whichare .particularly set forth in the Gorton Patent No. 552,470, granted December 3l, 1895, for an-improvement in hose supporters, in ad-v dition to the features of the locking: slit above described. An equally advantageous feature of my button also resides in the making of the head and `shan-k integral with the slotted base, thereby eliminating the assembling operations usually employed in metal buttons, which latter are often defective due to the fact that the riveted Shanks are liable to come loose during the process of finishing.

I may employ one or more slots according to the manner in which it is desired t0 string the base plates, it being obvious that the multiplication of the slots will increase the grip on the tape. Although the employment of a narrow slot the edges of which are adapted to pinch the tape is one of the features of my invention yet all of the slots may be wider than the thickness of the tape as shown in Figs. 4l and 5 in which the button E is provided with a base 7 having slots 8 and 9. In this modification the end l0 of the tab D is passed rearwardly through the slot 9 and drawn along the under side of the base 7. The tab is then carried around the lower end of the base 7 in back of the tab end 10 and then passed forwardly through the slot 8 so that the frictional surface presented by the faces of the base and the binding action around the edges of the slots and the lower edge of the base causes the base to cling to and firmly grip the tape. In' utilizing the so-called rubber buttons heretofore known in the art a fold in the garment embraces the head and shank of the button and is fastened thereto by the contracted portion of the button loop. The garment is prevented, however, from being pressed against the base plate between the slots by reason of the folds of the tape passing over the upper and lower portions of the base. In other words, the contracted portion of the button loop strikes against these folds and can not press the garment against the front face of the base between the slots, a particular instance being shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To overcome this I have raised a portion of the base plate between the slots so that the fold in the garment may be pressedagainst the same by the button loop and thereby exert a grip on the under side of the garment fold. This elevated gripping surface is shown in Figs. 6 and 7 in which the basevplate E is provided with a raised gripping surface 10 against which the contracted portion of the button loop C presses the fold in the garment. Thus, a greater surface grip is given to the garment fold and thereby distributes the wear thereon and makes the same less liable to be torn apart.

While the preferred forms of my invention are embodied in the devices above described yet the invention is susceptible to such modification as may come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having now described my invention what Copies of this patent may be obtained for 2. A button for garment supporter clasps having its base provided with a slit the edges of which are' adapted to pinch and grip a supporting tape, the said base `being made out of yielding and compressible material.

3. A button for button tabs comprising a yshank and a slotted base through which a tab is adapted to be passed, the said base and shank being made integral out of resilient and compressible material.

4. A button for a button tab comprising an integral shank and base made out of resilient and compressible material, the said base being independent of the tab.

5. A hose supporter button having a slotted base made out of yielding and compressible material, the said base being provided Ttlfith an integral raised portion between the s ots.

6. A hose supporter button of the kind having its base formed with a slot for the passage of tape characterized by the fact that the slot is provided with an elastic edge for gripping the tape.

7. A hose supporter button of the kindy having a slotted base for the passage of tape characterized by the fact that said base is provided with anv elastic surface for gripping the tape.

8. Avhose supporter button of the class which are mounted on tape comprising a base having an elastic portion which pre.- sents a clinging surface to tape stretched over said surface.

9. A hose supporter button of the class which are mounted on tape comprising a base having an elastic edge around which tape is adapted to bind to prevent the tape from slipping.

. HENRY J. STUART.

litnesses:

FRANK A. BURWELL,l AGNES R. 'SWEETMAN ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

